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Hopkins Direct

1701
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Ok here goes, swb transit, 2 pallets 2 different pick up points 2 different drop offs London 260 miles paying £85, did someone miss a digit off or am I not getting what this job is about. Please don't tell me you can co load as 2 pallets on a swb would be a full load or full enough not to be able to get anything meanigfull on board. Thoughts?

Thorpe & Sons

5507

Hopkins Direct said:


Ok here goes, swb transit, 2 pallets 2 different pick up points 2 different drop offs London 260 miles paying £85, did someone miss a digit off or am I not getting what this job is about. Please don't tell me you can co load as 2 pallets on a swb would be a full load or full enough not to be able to get anything meanigfull on board. Thoughts?

Thats not even backload rate or are my maths a bit rusty?

Wood & Sons

3440

[business] said:


Hopkins Direct said:


Ok here goes, swb transit, 2 pallets 2 different pick up points 2 different drop offs London 260 miles paying £85, did someone miss a digit off or am I not getting what this job is about. Please don't tell me you can co load as 2 pallets on a swb would be a full load or full enough not to be able to get anything meanigfull on board. Thoughts?

Thats not even backload rate o

Pick it up then offload at the side of the road somewhere I hate Greedy assholes

Archer Couriers

751

Booking Information Item Description 2x Additional Comments 2 pallets, 2 collections, 2 deliveries (St Helens & Rossendale) Delivering to E9 & Dagenham (9 miles apart) This week, Pays £85.00 Suggested Vehicle SWB Transit

In the job description it says deliver This week, i suspect the listing automatically says asap

Either way 85 quid? 4 different places plus the joy that is London? Noooooooooo, someone else can have that given my van doesnt run on fresh air.

Grant Logistics

470

That's just to look much money for me, have to offer discount to get it!

Pope Express

5670

WHAT CAN ONE SAY ABOUT THE JOB THAT COULD BE REPEATED ON HERE?

Abbott Couriers

796

Hopkins Direct said:


Ok here goes, swb transit, 2 pallets 2 different pick up points 2 different drop offs London 260 miles paying £85, did someone miss a digit off or am I not getting what this job is about. Please don't tell me you can co load as 2 pallets on a swb would be a full load or full enough not to be able to get anything meanigfull on board. Thoughts?

Anyone that agrees to this lets us all down.

Bell Ltd

290

Hopkins Direct said:


Ok here goes, swb transit, 2 pallets 2 different pick up points 2 different drop offs London 260 miles paying £85, did someone miss a digit off or am I not getting what this job is about. Please don't tell me you can co load as 2 pallets on a swb would be a full load or full enough not to be able to get anything meanigfull on board. Thoughts?

Full load for a suggested SWB, half a load (subject to weight) for a XLWB which could then co-load with something else.

Unfortunately every single load is a backload for someone at some stage, if the price is wrong for you then just move on. If the job doesn't get taken, the vendor has 2 choices, pay a better rate or not get the job covered.

Akhtar Haulage

1237

Each pallet contains 60 boxes to be hand balled to top floor of 8 story building and there's no lift!

Taylor Logistics

2848

Bell Ltd said:


Hopkins Direct said:


Ok here goes, swb transit, 2 pallets 2 different pick up points 2 different drop offs London 260 miles paying £85, did someone miss a digit off or am I not getting what this job is about. Please don't tell me you can co load as 2 pallets on a swb would be a full load or full enough not to be able to get anything meanigfull on board. Thoughts?

Full load for a suggested SWB, half a load (subject to weight) for a XLWB which could then co-load with something else.

Unfortunately every single load is a backload for someone at some stage, if the price is wrong for you then just move on. If the job doesn't get taken, the vendor has 2 choices, pay a better rate or not get the job covered.

I agree, Discussing and moaning about this all week does absolutely nothing.

If it does not suit... DON'T DO IT!

Bell Ltd

290

Akhtar Haulage said:


Each pallet contains 60 boxes to be hand balled to top floor of 8 story building and there's no lift!

It'll keep you fit then

Akhtar Haulage

1237

Bell Ltd said:


Akhtar Haulage said:


Each pallet contains 60 boxes to be hand balled to top floor of 8 story building and there's no lift!

It'll keep you fit then

It might keep someone fit but it won't be me I only co load for same customer

Horton Haulage

588

Take the job for £85. Then travel the distance to cover this cost say 30% of the journey. Ring the vendor for them to take the goods the rest of the way.

Lewis Haulage

2250

32.6pplm is a joke, but thats just what people are looking for these days. None of us off here would do it. We all know there are 'drivers' out there with a rusty old sprinter that will co load half a dozen jobs like this 7 days a week.

Pope Express

5670

Lewis Haulage said:


32.6pplm is a joke, but thats just what people are looking for these days. None of us off here would do it. We all know there are 'drivers' out there with a rusty old sprinter that will co load half a dozen jobs like this 7 days a week.

We could not agree more but we are all guilty for this, as at some point we have done a job for peanuts or co loaded jobs for peanuts to make a good job out of a bad one and so here we are moaning for something we all started as some point

Horton Haulage

588

I can swear on my sons life that I have never done this. Please DO NOT label me and my good name with these idiots.

Wood & Sons

3440

Horton Haulage said:


I can swear on my sons life that I have never done this. Please DO NOT label me and my good name with these idiots.

Forget about this crap topic, move on, go and wash your van or pay some invoices life is to short, or go and do your christmas shopping.

Horton Haulage

588

Yes sir, right away sir, don't panic Mr Mainwaring.

Horton Haulage

588

XMAS JOKE.

Two old ladies at a xmas dance.

One lady says to the other "do you remember the minuet?

The other says: No I cant even remember the ones I shagged.

Wood & Sons

3440

Horton Haulage said:


XMAS JOKE.

Two old ladies at a xmas dance.

One lady says to the other "do you remember the minuet?

The other says: No I cant even remember the ones I shagged.

If you are going to tell a joke, then keep it clean there are Females who view this site who don't want to see jokes like that, yes i am been serious for once.

Lewis Haulage

2250

I dont work for those prices my van is clean (like my jokes) dont pay invoices and I dont shop for xmas, life is ever so simple just like me. I do miss the fun and banter though.

Lewis Haulage

2250

I should be out working not sat here typing, what happened to mad december. Will it be suicide January?

Wood & Sons

3440

Lewis Haulage said:


I should be out working not sat here typing, what happened to mad december. Will it be suicide January?

You want mad December I have a company you can contact.

Lewis Haulage

2250

No thanks psychic sally if they are none payers.

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